"FIR no 7/19 U/S 116, 506, 153 RPC against the former sessions judge Anantnag Syed Tauqeer has been registered at Police Station Larnoo"

GK Web Desk

Srinagar, March 31, 2019, 12:35 PMMarch 31, 2019, 12:35 PM

UPDATED: March 31, 2019, 12:35 PM

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday booked the former sessions judge Anantnag and National Conference (NC) leader Syed Tauqeer for inciting violence against the Forest Department while addressing a rally in Kokernag area of district few days back.

A police official said that a First Information Report (FIR)
number 7/19 U/S 116, 506, 153 RPC against the former sessions judge Anantnag
Syed Tauqeer has been registered at Police Station Larnoo.

On Thursday, a video, showing NC leader Syed Tauqeer
provoking a group of locals in a Kokernag village to attack the forest
department employees had gone viral on social media

“I have been told that the forest department is closing your
roads. Now you have my permission and if any of them (forest employees) comes
again chop their hands and feet and tell them that NC’s nominated candidate has
given you the permission,” Syed Tauqeer can be heard telling his workers.

Greater Kashmir had reported that the district
administration Anantnag is verifying the contents of a video wherein the NC
leader is heard advocating violence against the forest department employees.

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